Every book Robin Dunbar recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Robin Dunbar

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

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   Pride and Prejudice

   Jane Austen · Discussed · 1 episode

   Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic comedic novel that examines themes of class, marriage, reputation, and love through the sharp wit of its protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet.

   Discussed

   “In other words you know everybody wants to uh marry mr darcy but unfortunately there's only one of him and 500 of you so as uh you know what do the rest of you do as uh jane austen with her acute observation of the foibles of humans uh observes is you hang on”

   Modern Wisdom The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love - Robin Dunbar - #520 2022-09-01 Listen at 24:17

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible
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   When Men Behave Badly

   David Buss · Discussed · 1 episode

   When Men Behave Badly by David Buss is an exploration of the evolutionary roots of sexual conflict, harassment, and assault.

   Discussed

   “but men men or at least david busts in his new book he was talking about the fact that men tend to over perceive attraction from women and women tend to understand attraction from men”

   Modern Wisdom The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love - Robin Dunbar - #520 2022-09-01 Listen at 54:45

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible

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